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PROF BRIAN ELLIS



Contact Details

Organization: Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry
Position: Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Work: 9439 9181
Fax: 9439 9123
Room: 211
Level: 02
Building: Old Quadrangle Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Metaphysics in Science, Political Philosophy Essentialism, Liberty, Humanism Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts Adelaide University
Bachelor of Philosophy University of Oxford
Bachelor of Science Adelaide University
Doctor of Letters La Trobe University

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA) 01-Jan-1972

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • God, Chance and Necessity - Discussion
    Year: 2007
    Book: Traditions of Science: Cross-cultural Perspectives
    Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers(New Delhi)
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Constructing an ontology
    Year: 2006
    Book: Topics on general and formal ontology
    Publisher: Polimetrica Publisher
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Katzav on the limitations of dispositionalism
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Analysis
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 90-92
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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  • Marc Lange on essentialism
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australasian Journal of Philosophy
    Volume: 83
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 75-79
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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  • Physical realism
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Ratio
    Volume: XVIII
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 371-384
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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  • Universals, the essential problem and categorical properties
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Ratio
    Volume: XVIII
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 462-472
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Critical notice: How Science Tracks the Truth by Stathis Psillos
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
    Volume: 68
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 495-497
    Publisher: Philosophy Phenomenological Research(Rhode Island)
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Publications in 2002

Books

  • The philosophy of nature: a guide to the new essentialism
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Acumen Publishing
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Book Chapters

  • Human agency, realism and the new essentialism
    Year: 2002
    Book: Recent themes in the philosophy of science: scientific realism and commonsense
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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